The Anger Control Skills Facilitator Guide is a collection of step-by-step instructions for teaching 38 personal skills activities (728 minutes) to groups of youth and adults.
We all experience anger. Perhaps you experienced it this morning on the freeway when a driver cut you off. Anger is a serious emotional state. It can vary in intensity from mild irritation to uncontrollable rage. It is accompanied by biological changes such as a red face and an increase in blood pressure, heart rate, hormones and perspiration. Anger is a natural, adaptive response to threats. A certain amount of anger is necessary to your survival, such as defending yourself if you are attacked. However, anger has to be controlled so you do not lash out at everyone that annoys you. Civil laws, social norms, religious laws, common sense, and decency place limits on your behavior when you are angry.
- Anger Facts
- The Nature of Anger
- What’s Another Name for Anger?
- Why People Want to Fight
- Anger Triggers
- Where Angels Fear to Tread
- Pet Peeves
- Self Image and Anger
- Happiest and Angriest Times
- Physical Warning Signs
- Red Hot Buttons
- Anger Messages
- Indirect Expressions of Anger
- Emotional Storms
- Button Down the Hatches!
- What If…
- Anger Log
- Ways to Express Anger
- Seeing Red
- Acting Out Behavior
- Your Heart
- What Would You Do If…
- In the Heat of the Moment
- Too Much Pressure
- Working Out Anger
- That Doesn’t Bother Me
- Tick Me Off
- Defusing a Bomb
- Defusing with Humor
- Ventriloquism
- Calming Statements
- To Spank or Not to Spank
- Appropriate Anger
- Venting Your Anger
- Frustrating Situations
- What Bugs Your Type?
- Frustrating Feats
- Anger by Gender